Outshadowed

This is a very common experience for most of us out there . I am sure all of you must have at some point of time ,have felt this way when someone who has done nothing gets all the credit , the praise and the recognition from the people around him and you , who has done the donkey'[s work and worked your heart out gets nothing or with luck probably just an odd mention in the small and tiny print .

Artists and writters for centuries have gone through such times not just for weeks , months or years but go unnoticed until death part them . It is only after their deaths that people actually look at them 'seriously' and thus the work many-a-genius in many-a-field goes unrespected . If some of you paid attention to your history classes , you may remember that inspite of the fact that the present day arabic numerals , algebra , etc were actually invented by Indian scholars , few historians acknowledge and often credit these inventions to those in the west . As history is often rewritten by the victors ,happening of early years changes course over time . Therefore we arrive at a paradox wherein ; How can the happenings of the past change ???

If the past is uncertain , then why are we told that history repeats itself ? When is christopher columbus credited with the discovery of America , why are the rest of his crew aboard the ship not credited with the same discovery ? Thus how much in those fat history text books is really true and how much is fibbed and where do we draw a line ! If you believe that such was the thing of the past and is not true in today's 'civilised' you are not only misguiding yourself but are also blind to the world .

In any important international crisis such as global warming or nuclear issues , why is it that it is only the word of the G7 nations that stands and the word of nations like Uganda and Somalia which dont ? Moreover every independent nation which is not part of this elite group has to abide by the word of those G7 nations . In a world which ironically stands for peace , human rights and democracy isnt this just dictatorship in the crudest sense of the word ? Not only are the basic foriegn policy of these countries ignored , they are at times violated and there is not a damn thing they can do about it . Their soveriegnity and integrity is lost even if they believe it to be there with them .

Ultimately , the only conclusion which you can draw from all this is what Darwin says -'its the survival of the fittest'. Only those beasts will remain which deem themselves to be strong. In the political jungle it's only those nations which are strong both militarily and intellectually who will rule the other beasts and will be the 'big brother' to the rest of the world. The King of the jungle in literal sense will be outshadowed by the elephant and yet it the lion to which the elephants submits to !!